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    Awards 2026: Submission Is Now Open!

    GENERAL

    The 38th European Film Awards will be presented by the European Film Academy and European Film Academy Productions on 17 January 2026 in Berlin/Germany.

    ELIGIBILITY 

    Eligible films must have a European director, be intended for theatrical release and have had their first official screening (be it at a festival or at a regular cinema) between 1 June 2024 and 30 September 2025 and meet the particular criteria of the respective European Film Awards category. Depending on the date of a film’s first official screening/world premiere, a film needs to be submitted within the respective submission period.

    The main production country must be European; European, in the sense of the European Film Academy, means geographical Europe, both EU and non-EU, and includes Israel and Palestine (please refer to the list of eligible countries).

    Eligible individuals for a nomination or an award must be born in Europe or hold a European passport. The Academy Board may consider non-Europeans provided they have a European refugee or similar status or have lived in Europe and worked in the European film industry for at least five consecutive years.

    FILM SUBMISSION

    For the selection and nomination procedure, full-length fictiondocumentary and animated feature films need to be made available to the Academy board and/or the members of the corresponding committee(s).

    We are introducing a new submission timeline with three submission periods, determined by the date of the first official screening/world premiere of a film:

    Submission Period
    Premiere between 1 June 2024 and 31 March 2025
    Submission deadline: 31 March 2025 (early bird fee by 28 February 2025)

    Submission Period
    Premiere between 1 April and 31 July 2025
    Submission deadline: 31 July 2025 (early bird fee by 31 May 2025)

    Submission Period
    Premiere between 1 August and 30 September 2025
    Submission deadline: 15 September 2025 (early bird fee by 31 August 2025)

    The submission fee amounts to EUR 90 (subject to VAT) per film (in each submission phase an early bird discounted rate of EUR 75 will be available).

    The first submission deadline (for films that premiered between 1 June 2024 and 31 March 2025) is 31 March 2025.

    For more information on the individual categories and the full regulations, please refer to the Regulations of the European Film Awards.

    If you would like to submit a film, please contact submit@europeanfilmawards.eu